I understand the no plastic edging...I feel the same way but Why no fabric?

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Landscape fabric appeals to people because it seems to solve the weed problem permanently it doesn't. The fabric prevents herbaceous ground covers and bulbs, from rooting as it grows and you wind up with so many holes in it that youve destroyed the integrity of it as a weed barrier anyway- temporary as it may be. Any kind of non-biodegradeable landscape fabric or plastic that keeps weeds down also interrupts the soils life cycle by reducing o2 levels and prevents everything but water like fallen leaves or mulch from adding organic matter to your soil, leaving behind a hardened, dead zone where plants struggle to survive. Landscape fabric has a short effective lifespan as a weed barrier anyway (yes weed barrier can last ten years) but only effectively suppresses weeds for a year at best. Hardly a good investment in large landscaped areas. Properly mulched beds will suppress weeds so why the fabric. Their is nothing more ugly than a bed with landscape fabric with missing mulch. It is my strong opinion that landscape fabric in a landscaped bed is a contaminant and should be removed. have you ever tried to cultivate a bed that has fabric installed? it is impossible. that said it doesen't mean your use of it is wrong.

I use allot of landscape fabric it does have its uses but I never put it in landscaped beds I use it when installing dry wells, water features, back filling hard scape, wrapping drainage pipe or installing french drains or when you want a soil barrier from the gravel. It is also on the floor of my green house.

Landscape fabric appeals to people because it seems to solve the weed problem permanently it doesn't. The fabric prevents herbaceous ground covers and bulbs, from rooting as it grows and you wind up with so many holes in it that youve destroyed the integrity of it as a weed barrier anyway- temporary as it may be. Any kind of non-biodegradeable landscape fabric or plastic that keeps weeds down also interrupts the soils life cycle by reducing o2 levels and prevents everything but water like fallen leaves or mulch from adding organic matter to your soil, leaving behind a hardened, dead zone where plants struggle to survive. Landscape fabric has a short effective lifespan as a weed barrier anyway (yes weed barrier can last ten years) but only effectively suppresses weeds for a year at best. Hardly a good investment in large landscaped areas. Properly mulched beds will suppress weeds so why the fabric. Their is nothing more ugly than a bed with landscape fabric with missing mulch. It is my strong opinion that landscape fabric in a landscaped bed is a contaminant and should be removed. have you ever tried to cultivate a bed that has fabric installed? it is impossible. that said it doesen't mean your use of it is wrong.

I use allot of landscape fabric it does have its uses but I never put it in landscaped beds I use it when installing dry wells, water features, back filling hard scape, wrapping drainage pipe or installing french drains or when you want a soil barrier from the gravel. It is also on the floor of my green house.